The People We Hate at the Wedding: Audience stands divided on this American comedy drama

Weddings everywhere in the world are family events. Everyone gets together to celebrate them and there is so much catching up to do. The People We Hate at the Wedding brings together mother Donna and her grown up children who head for London to celebrate their half-sister’s wedding. The official trailer of the film spells chaos with a capital C, and that precisely is what the producers set off to do.
Cardsrock was particularly worked up after watching the film and put up this review on IMDb, “This was a truly horrible experience that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. Please avoid this like the plague.”

Solojest went for the star cast looking forward to watching Ben Platt and Kristen Bell and came back equally perturbed. ‘It’s a mess…The jokes are dragged out and didn’t hit the mark.’
SaidNDone blames Amazon Prime, the OTT platform this film is available on. The viewer dismisses it as a filler “manufactured for people to "watch" while they play candy-crush on their phone, thereby inflating Prime's viewership stats.”
Do these reviews mean that the film has no redeeming features at all? A critic mentions that the movie manages to deliver a few chuckles and even some outright laughs and some who have already watched this November 18 release on Amazon Prime tend to agree. Jay, a reviewer on YouTube showered the film and its cast with ample praise, “The movie was adorable and funny, Kristen Bell was charming as always and we also have Allison Janney, Ben Platt and that delicious Dustin Milligan -- wow, what a hunk! I also liked how gay the film was. Fun for the whole family! I loved it...”
Viewer Elaine Morrison found it a funny, family formula movie. “Eat your heart out,” she advises. But Marc sa disagreed vehemently. He said that he expected more from this film after that cast! ‘It was ok but I felt they should have done better with this incredible cast.’

RG found it true to life – ‘This movie is dead on about some Americans being jealous of rich or successful people.’
That’s just it. The film’s producers had hoped everyone in the audience would identify with the film’s diverse set of characters; perhaps even find themselves mirrored in some of them. Mom Mom, a reviewer on YouTube, put up this classic analysis: “I like all three of the principle actors here, but I am not so much a fan of this movie... just a lot of non-stop witty dialogue and one liners. Also it seems to be trying to highlight diversity and then turns around and throws up a bunch of tiresome gay stereotyping…. Overall a pretty run-of-the mill offering… is just not very good.”
Still, if you have nothing lined up for a bleak December evening, you could transport yourself to Eloise, a swankier part of London, the location of the movie, and enjoy its sights. The film is based on a 2016 novel by Grant Ginder and the plot has mother Donna played by Allison Janney who thinks the family being together at their half-sister’s wedding will give them a chance to put their grievances aside and be one big happy family.